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The International Press Institute (IPI) is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists. Our mission is to defend media freedom and support independent journalism. #FreeMediaFreeWorld | ipi.media
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🇮🇹#Italy: The past two years have seen continued backsliding on #mediafreedom under the Meloni government. This is the key finding of a recent mission report by IPI and our MFRR partners following a visit to Rome earlier this year. Full report👇 buff.ly/M7BdBmm
🇲🇹#Malta: Today, Yorgen Fenech, the alleged mastermind of the 2017 car bomb assassination of Maltese investigative journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, finally went on trial. IPI sends our support to her family, who are in court to witness the long-awaited opening of the jury trial.
🇺🇦 #Ukraine: IPI calls on parliament to revise draft civil code: in recent analyses of the legislation, Ukrainian civil society organisations and the Council of Europe highlighted risks it would create to the work of journalists👇 buff.ly/Md2aUDe
🇵🇱 #Poland: IPI welcomes passing by President Karol Nawrocki of long-awaited anti-SLAPP legislation. An important win for #mediafreedom in Poland, the new law will greatly improve journalist protections from vexatious lawsuits. We call on EU governments who have not yet done so to take similar steps.
📣 IPI is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards, who demonstrate remarkable courage and resilience amid an increasingly challenging global environment for press freedom. Our press release: buff.ly/rBqdM5c
🇫🇷 #France: From 9-11 June 2026, IPI and partners conducted a joint mission to assess the state of #pressfreedom in France. The mission concluded that growing media ownership concentration, abusive lawsuits, and threats to journalists’ safety call for urgent action. buff.ly/VUJQXH1
🇫🇷 #France: Yesterday, IPI joined the partners of MFRR, and RSF in launching a media freedom mission to France. The mission will assess the current state of media freedom in France less than a year before the presidential elections. 👉️https://buff.ly/BKlnmVy
#Russia: IPI condemns detention of Alexey Seregin in Mari El, one of the few independent journalists who continued to report from the region. A court placed the journalist in pre-trial detention for 2 months, on charges of "justifying terrorism"👇 buff.ly/QDZWcQC
The imprisonment of Mzia Amaglobeli has laid bare the Georgian government’s loathing of an independent press. In an op-ed for The National Interest, IPI’s Scott Griffen argues Congress must hold Georgia’s rulers accountable for their anti-democratic actions: buff.ly/DFz5oBm
🇺🇦 #Ukraine: IPI condemns attack on journalists Anna Prysiazhna and Natalka Koval Volodymyr, western Ukraine. The reporters for investigative outlet Syla Pravdy, were insulted by local official Mykolaiv Yunak, who snatched Koval's phone and broke it by throwing it to the ground.
📣 IPI and @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social are proud to announce the 11 trailblazing organisations shortlisted for this year's Free Media Pioneer Award. 🎉 See the full list and read more about their work: ipi.media/11-trailblaz...
🇪🇸#Spain: Today, one of Spain's leading independent media, elDiario.es, is in court to fight a lawsuit filed by Julio Iglesias over its investigative reporting on allegations of sexual assault agaisnt the singer by two former employees. Info👇 buff.ly/mFPMHkg
🇺🇦 #Ukraine: IPI condemns Russian attacks on Kyiv on Sunday, which damaged the offices of multiple Ukrainian and international media outlets. Russian strikes on Ukrainian media infrastructure are a constant strain for journalists on the ground👇 buff.ly/7Ue9fnu
🌟Congratulations to 18 ambitious cross-border teams funded by IPI’s #IJ4EU Investigation Support Scheme grants! IPI with @ejcnet @ECPMF #creativeeurope buff.ly/44wfooR
🇬🇷#Greece: Today a court in Athens is due to hear the lawsuit brought against investigative newsroom MIIR, newspaper EFsYN, as well as their editors and directors, by Greece-based Air Mediterranean. 🔗Read our joint statement with MFRR partners here - buff.ly/ODOdr4s
Four years since Palestinian-American journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces, progress toward justice has stalled, adding further fuel to what has become a global crisis of impunity for attacks on journalists. Our statement: buff.ly/yQqBDa4
Despite the multifaceted forces against them, the resilience of Turkey’s independent media remains intact. From his prison cell in Ankara, journalist Alican Uludağ described the struggle for truth as a relay race. Read the full piece: buff.ly/dYVzW9I
Courtrooms remain the most persistent battlefield for journalism in Turkey, where reporting is routinely criminalised through lengthy sentences. “The politicised judicial pressure against journalists reshapes the very practice of journalism,” said journalist Furkan Karabay.
Commitment to independent journalism often comes at a price for Turkey’s journalists. Jailed journalist Pınar Gayıp shares an overcrowded prison ward with several of her colleagues. From her prison cell in Istanbul, she describes a reality of total medical abandonment.
As we mark #WPFD, IPI and partners renew our call on the EU to take coordinated and effective action including sanctioning the leaders of institutions who are responsible for this open crackdown. buff.ly/3qCv2aI
As IPI marks #WPFD2026 and our 75th year fighting to protect independent journalism worldwide, we are proud to debut our new documentary film: "Defending the Future of Free Media," featuring voices from across the IPI global network. 🎬 Watch here: buff.ly/vUie7Vr
A free press that exposes truth and holds the powerful to account is a potent tool against autocracy, providing reliable information, accountability, and public trust upon which stable societies, democracies, and economies depend.
The global slide into authoritarianism is not inevitable. Today, on World Press Freedom Day, IPI calls on political and corporate leaders around the world to take urgent and decisive action in support of press freedom as the bedrock of free society and democracy. #WPFD2026
🇷🇸 #Serbia: To mark World Press Freedom Day, @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social will host a webinar examining the role the European Union can play in responding to Serbia’s deepening media freedom crisis. 📅 May 4 at 13:00 CET 👉 Register here: buff.ly/oJMd6LR #WPFD26
🇭🇺#Hungary: IPI welcomes decision by police to drop criminal 'espionage' charges against well-known investigative journalist, Szabolcs Panyi. The charges were one of the most serious single attacks on journalism & #pressfreedom in 16-year rule of Prime Minister Victor Orbán.
🇰🇼 #Kuwait: Today marks Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin's 50th day behind bars. IPI demands his immediate release and calls on Kuwaiti authorities to cease the use of security laws to target journalists. #FreeAhmed Our statement: buff.ly/ITLDE0s
🇭🇺 #Hungary: Following yesterday's historic election result, IPI outlines our main priorities for democratic reform of the country’s media landscape that are required to bolster #pressfreedom & regenerate media pluralism. Read our top 10 priorities 👇 buff.ly/s9NQZ2N